Full Text of SB0063 96th General Assembly
SB0063eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Compensation Review Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 4 and 5 as follows:
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| (25 ILCS 120/4) (from Ch. 63, par. 904)
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| Sec. 4. Meetings of the Board; determining compensation; | 8 |
| public hearings;
reports. The Board shall meet as often as may | 9 |
| be necessary and shall
determine , upon a vote requiring
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| least 7 affirmative votes, the compensation for members of
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| General Assembly, judges, other than the county supplement,
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| State's attorneys, other than the county supplement, the | 13 |
| elected
constitutional officers of State government, and
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| certain appointed officers of State government. The Board's | 15 |
| determination of compensation requires the affirmative vote of | 16 |
| at least 7 Board members. The determination of the compensation | 17 |
| for judges must be voted upon separately from that for other | 18 |
| positions.
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| In determining the compensation for each office, the | 20 |
| Compensation
Review Board shall consider the following | 21 |
| factors:
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| (a) the skill required,
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| (b) the time required,
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| (c) the opportunity for other earned income,
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| (d) the value of public services as performed in | 3 |
| comparable states,
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| (e) the value of such services as performed in the | 5 |
| private sector in
Illinois and comparable states based on | 6 |
| the responsibility and discretion
required in the office,
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| (f) the average consumer prices commonly known as the | 8 |
| cost of living,
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| (g) the overall compensation presently received by the | 10 |
| public officials
and all other benefits received,
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| (h) the interests and welfare of the public and the | 12 |
| financial ability of
the State to meet those costs, and
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| (i) such other factors, not confined to the foregoing, | 14 |
| which are
normally or traditionally taken into | 15 |
| consideration in the determination of
such compensation.
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| The Board shall conduct public hearings prior to filing its
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| reports report .
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| At the public hearings, the Board shall allow interested | 19 |
| persons to present
their views and comments. The Board may | 20 |
| prescribe reasonable rules for
the conduct of public hearings, | 21 |
| to prevent undue repetition. The meetings
of the Board are | 22 |
| subject to the Open Meetings Act.
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| The Board shall file (i) one an initial report with respect | 24 |
| to all offices and positions, except judges, (known as "report | 25 |
| A") and (ii) one report with respect to judges (known as | 26 |
| "report B"). The Board shall file the reports with the House of |
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| Representatives,
the Senate, the Comptroller , and the | 2 |
| Secretary of State . Subsequent reports
shall be filed therewith | 3 |
| before April 1 in each even-numbered
year . Report A shall state | 4 |
| thereafter stating the annual salary for all offices and | 5 |
| positions, except judges, for which the Board files reports. | 6 |
| Report B shall state members of the General Assembly,
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| elected State constitutional officers and certain appointed | 8 |
| State officers
and compensated employees and members of certain | 9 |
| State departments, agencies,
boards and commissions whose | 10 |
| terms begin in the next calendar year; the annual
salary for | 11 |
| State's attorneys; and the annual salary for the Auditor | 12 |
| General and
for Supreme Court, Appellate Court, Circuit Court , | 13 |
| and Associate judges. If a the
report increases the annual | 14 |
| salary of judges, State's attorneys, and the
Auditor General, | 15 |
| such increase shall take effect as soon as the time period
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| disapproval or reduction, as provided in subsection (b) of | 17 |
| Section 5, has
expired.
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| The salaries in a the report or as reduced by the General | 19 |
| Assembly, other
than for judges, State's attorneys, and the | 20 |
| Auditor General, shall take
effect as provided by law.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-375, eff. 8-14-97; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
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| (25 ILCS 120/5) (from Ch. 63, par. 905)
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| Sec. 5. (a) If the Board fails to recommend a change in | 24 |
| salary or the
General Assembly disapproves the report as | 25 |
| provided in subsection (b), and a
new term for any officer |
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| provided for in this Act begins, the salary for
the new term | 2 |
| shall be the same as the salary in effect when the previous | 3 |
| term ended.
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| (b) The General Assembly may disapprove a the report of the | 5 |
| Board in
whole, or reduce it in whole proportionately, within | 6 |
| 30 session days after each
house of the legislature next | 7 |
| convenes after the report is filed, by
adoption of a resolution | 8 |
| by a record vote of the majority of the members
elected in each | 9 |
| house directed to the Board. Such resolution shall be
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| upon the Board. A resolution may disapprove or reduce no more | 11 |
| than one report, and no more than one resolution may be adopted | 12 |
| by a single vote.
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| For the initial report filed by the Board after this Act | 14 |
| takes effect,
the General Assembly may, by January 9,
1985, | 15 |
| disapprove the report of the Board in whole, or reduce it in | 16 |
| whole
proportionately, after the report is filed, by the | 17 |
| adoption of a resolution
by a record vote of the majority of | 18 |
| the members.
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| (Source: P.A. 83-1177.)
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